Dority Spring Prospects

Occurrence in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011472
MRDS ID D006374
Record type Site
Current site name Dority Spring Prospects
Related records 10203183

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.48578, 40.66883 (WGS84)
Elevation 2128
Relative position 4800 FT. E. OF DORITY SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Park City East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 004E 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 AND SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IRON AND MANGANESE OCCUR AS STAINING ONLY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Rock unit name Breccia Of Silver Creek
    Rock description Breccia Of Silver Creek
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Thaynes Formation;Woodside Shale
    Rock description Thaynes Formation;Woodside Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.48578, 40.66883

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Belt

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Park City District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • WEST PROSPECT 40 FT. LONG; 10 FT WIDE AND 3 FT. DEEP, EAST PROSPECT 15 FT. LONG, 8 FT. WIDE AND 2 FT. DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROMFIELD, C.S. AND CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR., 1971. GEOL. OF THE PARK CITY EAST QUAD: U.S.G.S. MAP GQ-852.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Deposit

    1971 GEOLMAP BROMFIELD AND CRITTENDEN GQ-85

  • Production

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WEST PROSPECT IS IN THE WOODSIDE SHALE AND THE EAST PROSPECT IS IN THE THAYNES FORMATION. THE WEST PROSPECT WAS PROBABLY A SHORT ADIT, NOW COLLAPSED AT THE PORTAL. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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